2012 PTD 836

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---Drawback on goods used in the manufacturing of goods which were exported---Withholding of duty draw-back claims---Complainant prayed that department be advised to pay the amount due immediately and not to delay payments in future---Department informed that the claims which had come to the top of the queue were sanctioned and rest of the claims being in queue would be sanctioned on their turn---Validity---Despite Federal Tax Ombudsman's repeated directions for processing and payment of rebate/duty draw-back claims without delay, a large number, of claims kept piling up without any just cause, which tantamount to maladministration---Federal Tax Ombudsman directed the Department to file monthly progress report about pendency/disposal of rebate/duty draw-back claims and recommended the Fede...